The illustrious CAA was divided into three parts of the world by WMA, ICM and Hera brokers!

How many steps does it take for a dynasty to fall?

The Hollywood Reporter made such a headline on its front page, and then wrote in a self-inflicted question.

It only takes two steps, the first step offends Phantom Media, and the second step is to perish!

Simple and straightforward!

Soon this report was wildly circulated in Los Angeles in North America, and people outside the circle wanted to see how CAA, which has a market value of nearly one billion, was defeated in less than a week, and people in the circle began to reflect on the follow-up impact of this incident after experiencing the initial madness!

At this time, all the talents really discovered that although CAA's top directors and actors have been taken away by WMA and ICM, it seems that Hera's agent has not been more cheap, but in fact, everyone has found that most of Hollywood's second- and third-tier actors and directors have now been taken away by Hera's agent!

If it is the top directors and actors who determine the ceiling of a brokerage company, then the second- and third-tier actors are the foundation of this brokerage company.

Before this incident, Hera's agent took the boutique route, and now with dozens of second- and third-tier actors, Hera's agent has become one of the largest brokerage companies in Hollywood!

This result makes many people seem very helpless, although Hera's agent did not announce the specific amount, but everyone knows how much money Hera's agent used for this operation.

That's about $700 million in cash!

This money is not something that anyone can come up with, especially not long after Phantom Media has just completed the acquisition of ABC, and it can still come up with such a huge amount of cash, everyone is wondering, how much cash flow does Phantom Media have?

It's a pity that they are destined to have no answer to this question!

The CEOs of several major production companies are in a very complicated mood at this time.

Phantom Media has become a real giant, and everyone is calculating their own gains and losses at this time.

"Let's adjust the company's policies with Phantom Pictures!"

Several CEOs did not consult with each other, but they made the same decision, in the past, they put Phantom Pictures on their opposite!

Now I have to change my policy, although everyone will still compete in the future, but there will still be cooperation!

To put it more simply, after this incident, several major production companies finally recognized the status of Phantom Pictures, and they will no longer blindly suppress it as before, but will look for cooperation in the competition!

Ovitz, Meyer, and Harper were sitting in Ovitz's office at this time, looking at the empty office area outside, which was full of people and lively in the past.

Now there are only two or three kittens left, and there is a dead silence!

The CAA is over, and so is the career of the three of them, and no one can understand how the company can be so simply finished.

Although CAA still has many contracts in its hands, they all know that they will terminate their contracts with the company immediately after the end of their contracts, and some have even terminated their contracts with CAA out of their own pockets.

These people who pay out of their own pockets are all top directors and actors!

In the past, in order to develop and show their sincerity, CAA had very generous conditions for top directors and actors, and CAA also had its own pride, in their opinion, CAA was invincible, so when signing contracts with these top directors and actors, the liquidated damages were not high!

Only those newly developed ones will be relatively high!

Now this regulation also makes CAA reap the consequences!

Harper reported to Ovitz about the company's current situation, if there is no ban on the three major brokerage companies, CAA still has the possibility of re-emergence, but now they have no possibility of rising!

"I just called Linda's assistant, and they didn't agree to our request to meet with us!" Ovitz said in dismay, after listening to Harper's report.

Ovitz has decided to admit defeat to the Phantom, but as a result, the Phantom doesn't even have a chance to give him a call, and the blow is very complete!

In the past, the boss of the production company would respond very politely to the phone calls made by Ovitz, but now he finds himself like a street rat in Hollywood, and the people who flattered him in the past are now all gone!

Hollywood is as realistic as ever!

"The last few directors and actors of the company also called, and if we can't continue to fulfill what we have in the contract, then they have the right to terminate the contract!" Harper said in frustration.

In the contracts between these top directors and actors, CAA is guaranteed, how many movies to shoot or how many endorsements they get every year, and now CAA is falling apart, and the previous resources are naturally not guaranteed, if this is the case, those top directors and actors have the right to contact the contract and do not have to pay any liquidated damages, which is the last straw on CAA's head!

Folded!

"What a ruthless tactic!" Ovitz sighed as he looked up to the sky.......

At this time, he was so helpless and helpless.......

For Ovitz's helplessness and helplessness, Wu Jianye naturally won't pay attention anymore, in fact, on the night Aniston was taken away, Wu Jianye had already sentenced CAA to death!

A company whose core business can be lost at any time, even if he does it big, it is just a castle in the air, CAA at that time seemed to be powerful, but in the eyes of Wu Jianye, it was just a strong outsider.

This week, Wu Jianye had a very happy time, and Aniston, the American sweetheart, was very satisfied with his service, but after the end of the week, he still terminated his relationship with Aniston, and Aniston also went to the crew of "Friends" at this time to start preparations.

The preparations for "Friends" are mostly complete, and many of the characters have already found suitable actors, and a few are even those from another time and space.......

But Wu Jianye doesn't care much about this anymore!

Entering the middle of March, the post-production of "Jurassic Park" has been completed, and Wu Jianye, Linda, and Johnson saw what the finished film will look like.

When they finished watching the movie, Wu Jianye could see the excitement on the faces of Linda and Johnson and the new general manager of Phantom Pictures, Matthew Murphy, flushed with excitement!

"It's going to be a sensational and revolutionary movie!" Linda said excitedly, at this time she didn't have the slightest doubt about "Jurassic Park".

At this time, she was still recalling the shocking appearance when she saw dinosaurs on the screen just now.

"I never thought I would be able to see such real dinosaurs on screen, and for a moment, I almost thought it was shooting with real dinosaurs!" Johnson said excitedly.

Wu Jianye smiled: "The promotion of the second phase of "Jurassic Park" can be carried out!"

Matthew Murphy's first task as general manager of Phantom Pictures was to promote "Jurassic Park", which naturally made him feel pressured.

At this time, he had taken over all the previous promotions of "Jurassic Park", and now he hurriedly said: " Director Wu, I am going to release a video of a jeep overturned by a Tyrannosaurus rex in the company's recently released film trailer, and now many viewers have been whetted by our propaganda before, and many people are clamoring to see what the real dinosaur is like, and some companies are also using this reason to hit us, saying that our special effects have not reached the ideal level at all, and releasing this image is the best counterattack to them, and it can also make the audience have more expectations for this movie!"

Wu Jianye thought for a while and said: "Wait a little longer, wait for the final stage before the release of the movie, and then release this video, and then ABC will cooperate with its promotional work!"

Although Wu Jianye has repeatedly emphasized that no dinosaur images can be leaked before the movie is released, but now he obviously underestimates the audience's curiosity about this movie, Phantom Pictures will receive calls from audiences almost every day, wanting to see what the dinosaurs they have been promoting are like!

For this reason, Wu Jianye still decided to release one of the images of the Tyrannosaurus rex to give the audience some sweetness!

This is also after seeing the finished film, Matthew Murphy dared to say this, because this movie is so shocking, the special effects of the movie, people can't see a trace of disobedience, it is with such special effects, Matthew Murphy's previous worries are long gone.

What was he worried about?

Naturally, he is worried that the effect of the special effects is not shocking enough and cannot achieve the real feeling, but now in his eyes, those dinosaurs are real, and I believe that the same is true in the eyes of the audience, this is their confidence!

"Okay, I see, Director Wu!" replied Matthew Murphy.

.......

In March, there is another very important event in Hollywood, and that is the holding of the 63rd Academy Awards.

At this time, everyone who won the prize was exerting all their skills, giving money to those who should give money, and giving people away to others, a very lively scene.

At this time, Zhang Yimou and others also came to Los Angeles again.

They were accompanied by a leader of China Film.

"Director Chen, I've worked hard for you this time!"

In the airport hall, Zhang Yimou said with a smile to a young man in his thirties.

Chen Hao, a director of China Film Output and Import Company, is in his early thirties, and he can achieve this position, and he is obviously also a person with some background.

However, there was no arrogant look on his face, but a smiling look, he said that he came to Los Angeles with the crew of "Ju Dou" this time, saying that it was to cooperate with "Ju Dou" to participate in the Academy Awards, but in fact, he was here to play.

"Director Zhang, you're welcome, I'm here to join in the fun this time. Chen Hao did not shy away from the purpose of his visit to Los Angeles this time.

Gong Li covered her mouth and chuckled when she listened, she had seen a lot of officials after becoming famous, but like Chen Hao, it was the first time she had seen it, and she did not have the stability of those officials in the past, and she looked very jumpy.

It may have something to do with his family!

Zhang Yimou smiled, he was also very satisfied with Chen Hao's attitude, after all, no one wanted to be followed by a tight spell by his side, and the layman led the insider.

Several people chatted and walked out of the airport, and then Chen Hao saw a black business car parked at the entrance of the airport, and Zhang Yimou and others had already walked over to the black business car.

"Director Zhang, Director Wu is already waiting for you at home!" the driver hurriedly said after seeing Zhang Yimou.

"Thank you!" Zhang Yimou said politely.

Then a few people got into the car, Gong Li saw that Chen Hao was not curious about such a business car, she still remembered the first time she came to Los Angeles, and when she saw such a business car, her face was shocked!

"Are we going to the hotel?" Chen Hao sat in the car, crossed his legs, and asked curiously.

Zhang Yimou said with a smile: "No, let's go to Lao Wu's house this time, we have already called Lao Wu when we came before, and everyone has lived in Lao Wu's house during this time." ”

Chen Hao naturally knows who the old Wu in Zhang Yimou's mouth is, and in the domestic film industry, no one knows Wu Jianye.

He said with some concern: "There are so many of us, will there be a problem if we live on Director Wu's side?"

Zhang Yimou said: "Don't worry, if there are more people, it's no problem!"

Chen Hao glanced at Zhang Yimou and the others with some incomprehension, and found that there was not the slightest worry on their faces.

Soon, Chen Hao knew why Zhang Yimou and the others were so relieved, and when the car drove to Beverly Hills, Chen Hao, who had always looked very calm, finally showed a shocked expression.

The car drove into the gate, and it took a few minutes to see the appearance of the villa, Chen Hao has not seen the world, he has seen a lot of old houses in Huhai before, and he has also been out of the country several times with his own identity, but such a luxurious manor is the first time he has seen it.

"Director Wu, just live here?" Chen Hao really couldn't help asking.

Zhang Yimou and the others nodded, and after they got out of the car, they saw that Wu Jianye was already waiting at the door of the villa.

"I've finally waited for you!" Wu Jianye said with a smile as he looked at them.

Zhang Yimou introduced the people who came to Wu Jianye this time, and there was one more Chen Hao and one Feng Yiting than the four people who came last time.

Feng Yiting is the production director of "Ju Dou".

Wu Jianye shook hands with the two with a smile, and said: "Don't be polite when you come, the Phantom originally planned to let everyone stay in the hotel, but I have more rooms here, if the two of you don't dislike it, during this time in Los Angeles, let's live here!"

Feng Yiting's personality is relatively stable, although he is also shocking the environment here, but he is still smiling reservedly: "Director Wu is polite, this time I was able to get Director Wu's help, but we disturbed Director Wu." ”

As for Chen Hao, he seems to be much more jumpy.

"Director Wu, you're too awesome here, it's not like I haven't seen a villa, but it's the first time you've done this!"

Wu Jianye was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Zhang Yimou, Zhang Yimou nodded to Wu Jianye with a smile, indicating that he was such a person.

"Haha, Director Chen is polite. ”